Jen Mierisch writes humor, horror, and stories that are a bit of both. She lives, works, and writes just outside Chicago, Illinois, USA, with three humans, a cat, a dog, and a 24/7 Twilight Zone marathon in her head.
Jen is the Horror Writers Association Chicagoland Chapter secretary.
Awards & Recognitions:
- 3rd Place Winner, NYC Midnight 100-Word Microfiction Challenge 2025
- Silver Honorable Mention, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest, Q1 2023
- Winner, Yeah Write Microfiction Superchallenge #25 (September 2022)
- Honorable Mention, L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest, Q1 2022
- Top 10 Finalist, The LoveReading Very Short Story Award (March 2022)
- Winner, Storytwigs Microfiction Contest, June 2021
- Pick of the Month, “Technically Speaking,” Fiction on the Web (May 2021)
- 2nd Place Winner, Yeah Write Microfiction Superchallenge #18 (December 2020)
Writing by Jen Mierisch 